Members of staff in the modern languages department at the University of Aberdeen – and beyond – are campaigning against proposals to cut language and culture degree programs at the university.
The University of Aberdeen is drawing up plans for consultation which could see the withdrawal of honours degrees in languages, cultures and societies.
Instead, the university could shift in focus to language teaching only, as a limited add-on to other degree programs, The PIE learned.
“Falling demand nationally and here at Aberdeen for degrees in modern languages means that we need to develop plans to ensure the sustainability of language teaching at the university,” a spokesperson for the University of Aberdeen said in a statement.
